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at the end of the week and head home for i guess the next six weeks. to campaign. got our eyes on president obama today at the white house and mitt romney out in costa mesa, california yesterday scrambling to repair the damage done by release of this videotape by mother jones. and around the world still unrest because of that video the video that sparked the violence in libya where our ambassador and three others were killed. we'll keep you up to date, bring you up to date on all and take your calls at 1-866-55-press. good to see you today. and the entire team is back together again today. thanks for john fuglesang yesterday by the way for filling in while i was down in miami with the laborer's international union. peter ogborn, dan henning cyprian bowlding and me, bill press. >> welcome back. >> back from vacation. little fishing trip up to martha's vineyard. very relaxing and very successful. >> bill: catch and release. >> yeah. well caught some but mostly release. caught 25. released 21 of them. kept four. >> as pets. >> big phishing derby going on.
at the end of the week and head home for i guess the next six weeks. to campaign. got our eyes on president obama today at the white house and mitt romney out in costa mesa, california yesterday scrambling to repair the damage done by release of this videotape by mother jones. and around the world still unrest because of that video the video that sparked the violence in libya where our ambassador and three others were killed. we'll keep you up to date, bring you up to date on all and take your...
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last week. karl rove called president obama a thug and now over the weekend senator, u.s. senator chuck grassley from iowa says president obama is just plain stupid. i mean you know, there used to be a day if you didn't like the man, at least you respected the office of the presidency. no more. not with this gang. first, let's get the latest, current tv news update. we'll go out to los angeles and say good morning to jacki schechner. jacki, take it away. >> good morning, bill. good morning everyone. april could be the cruelest month when it comes to campaign ads. american crossroads, the republican superback founded by rove and gillespie plans to launch a major blitz against president obama. according to "the new york times," they have more than $2 million to spend and they're going to tie president obama to america's economic woes. the reason why they might be doing this sooner rather than later is it gives mitt romney is a chance to regroup and work on his strategy moving forward. >>> a new poll out this morning has swing independents in 12 battleground states raking the
last week. karl rove called president obama a thug and now over the weekend senator, u.s. senator chuck grassley from iowa says president obama is just plain stupid. i mean you know, there used to be a day if you didn't like the man, at least you respected the office of the presidency. no more. not with this gang. first, let's get the latest, current tv news update. we'll go out to los angeles and say good morning to jacki schechner. jacki, take it away. >> good morning, bill. good...
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so did barack obama win the week over this? we want to know your thoughts and what your favorite right-wing fall about the president is give us a call at 866-55-press. it's the "bill press show." >> announcer: this is the "full court press." the "bill press show," live on your radio and on current tv. ♪ that's why at devry university we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's ready dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. >>only on current tv. ♪ >> announcer: taking your emails on any topic at anytime. this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and current tv. >> john: we are taking your emails on the best best show. i want to thank you, peter for giving me the most hate-filled ones. >> sorry. >> john: no this is the best proof that darwin may have been wrong. you are a traitor to the bill of rights, a soulless and intolerant moron and not so good looking. i'll agree with you on the moron hah the not good looking part but i am a big fan of th
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pressure on joe biden to do better than president obama did last week. and the choice will still remain, going forward with barack obama or backward with mitt romney. now with today's current news update. lisa ferguson out in los angeles. >> good morning, everyone. the vice presidential debate is tonight. joe biden arrives in danville kentucky at 12:45 this afternoon. the debate is at 9:00 pm eastern time. you can expect the attack dog coming from joe biden tonight. his main goal is to make up for lost ground after the presidential debate last week. ryan is expecting it, though. so there is a chance he will be well prepared. he told a detroit radio station earlier this week, he thinks biden will come at him like a cannon ball. that aggressive stance is not something we saw from the president last week. >> obama: as i said the -- you know there's no doubt that i can make a better case which is why i'm so looking forward to tuesday. >> it is possible you handed him the election that night? >> no. >> debates do not have a strong history of changing the outc
pressure on joe biden to do better than president obama did last week. and the choice will still remain, going forward with barack obama or backward with mitt romney. now with today's current news update. lisa ferguson out in los angeles. >> good morning, everyone. the vice presidential debate is tonight. joe biden arrives in danville kentucky at 12:45 this afternoon. the debate is at 9:00 pm eastern time. you can expect the attack dog coming from joe biden tonight. his main goal is to...
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there clearly was a trend towards mitt romney five weeks ago, we were all pretty happy about the obama polls. i think right now there was clearly a trend towards mitt romney after the first debate, that looks like it has stalled out, where most of us thought a year ago, we would have said this is going to be a close race. it's pretty much the floor for any republican, and now we're seeing mitt romney at 48 to 49%, and that makes sense to me. you start looking around the states, and the president is in pretty darn good position. >> bill: right. the emphasis to me -- they keep talking about the national polls because they have to have a horse race right? >> right. >> bill: but we do not -- people have to understand we do not elect a president by a national vote. >> that's right. >> bill: it's state by state by state. >> so if you run the store up in texas. it doesn't matter. if you win by 50% or 60%, it doesn't matter. >> bill: that's right. the new york times this morning, i think maybe one of the few that you can really trust. their count of the electoral map right now is 243 obama, 20
there clearly was a trend towards mitt romney five weeks ago, we were all pretty happy about the obama polls. i think right now there was clearly a trend towards mitt romney after the first debate, that looks like it has stalled out, where most of us thought a year ago, we would have said this is going to be a close race. it's pretty much the floor for any republican, and now we're seeing mitt romney at 48 to 49%, and that makes sense to me. you start looking around the states, and the...
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president obama, i must say, really, this really struck him as it struck all of us. in our briefing room on friday, he came in. nobody had ever seen the president so emotional, so moved when he talked about this one particularly struck him as a parent. >> they had their entire lives ahead of them birthdays graduations, weddings kids of their own. >> just think about all of that potential, all of those possibility did wiped out. last night, the president going to newtown, connecticut, meeting with the families of those little kids and telling us as a nation: this stuff has got to stop. >> we can't tolerate this any more. these tragedies must end. and to end them, we must change. >> yeah, and yet the president says, so we are just going to, like, walk away from this and let millions -- not millions but let, well, is it would be 48,000 in the next four years, innocent people be killed by guns because the politics is too tough? >> are we really prepared to say that we are powerless in the face of such carnage, that the politics are too hard? >> bill: then the president s
president obama, i must say, really, this really struck him as it struck all of us. in our briefing room on friday, he came in. nobody had ever seen the president so emotional, so moved when he talked about this one particularly struck him as a parent. >> they had their entire lives ahead of them birthdays graduations, weddings kids of their own. >> just think about all of that potential, all of those possibility did wiped out. last night, the president going to newtown,...
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all they did was attack president obama for a whole week. i was real proud to be a democrat last night, because we had practical things that we had passed that will help ever day americans. >> bill: yeah, last night was here what barack obama has done and here is our vision for the future, and based on his values growing up and here is what we want to do moving forward. very issue oriented. >> right. we're democrats we're issue oriented and when we talk about the lilly ledbetter fair pay act or when we talk about the affordable care act, one of the most moving speeches i thought was from the young woman who's little daughter who had a heart problem and who would have been capped out by the million dollars cap on her insurance policy. that's the kind of thing i hear from in my district families facing really hard issues like that. >> bill: dan if we can on the first lady's speech last night, one of the biggest reactions she got from the crowd, and again, contrasting tampa where ann romney and mitt romney you know, they really tried to say we
all they did was attack president obama for a whole week. i was real proud to be a democrat last night, because we had practical things that we had passed that will help ever day americans. >> bill: yeah, last night was here what barack obama has done and here is our vision for the future, and based on his values growing up and here is what we want to do moving forward. very issue oriented. >> right. we're democrats we're issue oriented and when we talk about the lilly ledbetter...
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did with the law enforcement mechanism last week. >> exactly. after he said he would veto the dreamact. the trouble romney has himself into is he really doesn't have positions on this stuff. and he really doesn't care that much about it. i mean if you ask the guy why do you want to be president? gee, i think it would be a fun job. when you are in a box like this -- and i am surprised because this is a pretty professional crowd. they are a pretty sharp group at romney headquarters. they should have figured this out and seen it coming anyway. somebody should have said on friday when this announcement came, you know, we don't have rubio on the list but we better you know, we don't want to get into this box. let's just ask him for his stuff and talk to him about it. but, you know, it took them a week to get their act together. they are not getting their act together now because he is in a box on the issue. >> that's his basic problem. he would not answer the question on the sunday talk shows: what is his stanchion on this?-- stanchion on this? with
did with the law enforcement mechanism last week. >> exactly. after he said he would veto the dreamact. the trouble romney has himself into is he really doesn't have positions on this stuff. and he really doesn't care that much about it. i mean if you ask the guy why do you want to be president? gee, i think it would be a fun job. when you are in a box like this -- and i am surprised because this is a pretty professional crowd. they are a pretty sharp group at romney headquarters. they...
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because he said obama wanted us to be slave. he likes as an african-american talking about bringing back slavery. it's sort of a one-trick pony now because on fox and friends yesterday morning and he can't get over the slavery gee. >> so once again we are creating this sense of economic dependence, which to me is a form of modern 21st century slavery. we need to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit, the abdominal spirit of the united states of america and not make more people wetted to government policies and programs. >> the most shameful part of this whole thing is, so you have an idiot like that who says, you know if a draft said that, republicans would have been all over him and so would other leading democrats saying no, that's not fair. let's not go there. >> that's ajust a bridge too far but rience prebius, he saide says, no no, no. he's got freedom of speech in this country, his first amendment rights. he can say whatever he believes, and i am not going to criticize or chastise allen west. big difference between the two pa
because he said obama wanted us to be slave. he likes as an african-american talking about bringing back slavery. it's sort of a one-trick pony now because on fox and friends yesterday morning and he can't get over the slavery gee. >> so once again we are creating this sense of economic dependence, which to me is a form of modern 21st century slavery. we need to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit, the abdominal spirit of the united states of america and not make more people wetted to...
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, but obama could really use some good news this week. >> but first . . . >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> on this friday some news you need to know good morning america is starting a big change, ann romney will sit alongside dave so cohost the program. nbc also in discussions with first lady michelle obama. >> that would be nice. ann romney she is running for first lady along with her husband, although mitt romney did say one time that he didn't want to see too much of her people might get a little tired of her. >> a record night on twitter during wednesday's presidential debate, they set a record 10.3 million tweets were fired off during the debate. the highest point was jim lehrer said let's not when mitt romney wanted to move on to another topic. >> ben knows this because he head all of those tweets. >> exactly. there were people all over the country talking about his tweets. we'll talk about that story later. >> and john travolta and olivia newton john are swinging together for the first time in 35 years. they are putting out a charity holiday music album titled "
, but obama could really use some good news this week. >> but first . . . >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> on this friday some news you need to know good morning america is starting a big change, ann romney will sit alongside dave so cohost the program. nbc also in discussions with first lady michelle obama. >> that would be nice. ann romney she is running for first lady along with her husband, although mitt romney did say one time that he...
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so the jobs numbers probably helped slow the obama fall but now we move into another week people will be talking about biden, and then a couple of more with romney and obama. >> bill: yeah, i was surprised and impressed, i guess that obama proved -- so he didn't have a good night, we all know that, but i thought he bounced back pretty quickly the next day. he has been having a lot of fun with the big bird line. and it showed a lot of resilience, i thought, and as you point out the job numbers came on friday which gave him another little boost, cutting the impact of any romney bounce. >> yeah he has an incredible amount of fire and energy when it is his back up against the wall. >> bill: yeah. >> it's almost like he puts himself in positions like that so that he can get excited about politics again. he obviously didn't want to be on that stage, wednesday night. you could just tell he was like, god, 90 minutes. i'm just going to stand here for 90 minutes and let this guy say stuff, and then he sees that the entire nation is mocking him, and then he gets fired up. his aids were talking a
so the jobs numbers probably helped slow the obama fall but now we move into another week people will be talking about biden, and then a couple of more with romney and obama. >> bill: yeah, i was surprised and impressed, i guess that obama proved -- so he didn't have a good night, we all know that, but i thought he bounced back pretty quickly the next day. he has been having a lot of fun with the big bird line. and it showed a lot of resilience, i thought, and as you point out the job...
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. >> obama: the election will take care of itself next week. right now our number one priority is to make sure we are saving lives. >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: president obama on the job yesterday at the white house, commander in chief for hurricane sandy. back to your calls about how this election -- how the storm impacts the election. first, here is a little item that caught my attention. even members of the armed services, subject to identity theft. story out of washington state. officials raided several locations in washington state. finding that hundreds of people including active duty military personnel had their identities stolen. you hear a story like that. you need some protection against identity theft. i recommend -- what i've got. lifelock ultimate. i recommend it. it includes keeping track of your bank accounts. but of course, lifelock can't protect you or your bank account if you're not a member. call now and mention press 60 for 60 risk-free days of lifelo
. >> obama: the election will take care of itself next week. right now our number one priority is to make sure we are saving lives. >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: president obama on the job yesterday at the white house, commander in chief for hurricane sandy. back to your calls about how this election -- how the storm impacts the election. first, here is a little item that caught my attention....
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last week he told a graup of reporters romney was a quote tremendous improvement over president obama gu saying we could have been more of an improvement presume improvement. when asked if he trusts mitt romney, he says he trusts him more than president obama. he is passionate about some of the same things mitt romney supports, santorum says but he is short of saying he is enthusiastic about romney himself. mitt romney is going to address more than with 00 ceos in washington. the majority is closed to the press. it's going to be a q and a session with the ceos after romney gives a short station. it's an association of ceos had a have more than $6 trillion president obama spoke to the organization in march. back with more after the break. you've heard bill's views, now let's hear yours. politically direct means no b.s. just telling you what's going on in politics today. >>at the only on-line forum with a direct line to bill press. >>it's something i've been waiting for a long time. >>join the debate now. of sununu, you're wrong. mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not few
last week he told a graup of reporters romney was a quote tremendous improvement over president obama gu saying we could have been more of an improvement presume improvement. when asked if he trusts mitt romney, he says he trusts him more than president obama. he is passionate about some of the same things mitt romney supports, santorum says but he is short of saying he is enthusiastic about romney himself. mitt romney is going to address more than with 00 ceos in washington. the majority is...
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it has been a fun two weeks of watching. president obama is sending a u.s. delegation to the ceremony including reggie love who will represent the u.s., also michelle quan un ambassador and members of the president's council on fitness. >>bill: that's a good delegation. >> yes. absolutely. and we may have heard the last of president obama singing in public the crowd in colorado pushed the president to push out a tune but he said he has made a solemn vow to his wife michelle to not sing to anyone but her anymore. >>bill: he is saving his crooning for the first lady. >> and motorists on a road in pennsylvania had a good laugh a few days ago, road-painting crew wasn't overly careful when laying down a double yellow line they painted right over a dead raccoon. they were short a man who clears debris before they paint, and there was too heavy of traffic to turn around. >>bill: so forever and ever there will be a dead raccoon in the road. >> well, they can remove it but then there will be an empty spot. ♪ >>bill: reminds me of our do-nothing congress somehow. i
it has been a fun two weeks of watching. president obama is sending a u.s. delegation to the ceremony including reggie love who will represent the u.s., also michelle quan un ambassador and members of the president's council on fitness. >>bill: that's a good delegation. >> yes. absolutely. and we may have heard the last of president obama singing in public the crowd in colorado pushed the president to push out a tune but he said he has made a solemn vow to his wife michelle to not...
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you are starting to see a looser obama. >> sort of going when are they want to go. >> last week in front of it predominantly an african-american crowd and he needs them in this election there is a problem perceived problem with the turnout. so i think that that gave him the opportunity to sort of play off them a bit. >> you mentioned he is throwing in references to greyhound and howard johnsons. what's that all about? >> you saw him really ramp up his populist pitch this past week on stops where he is -- he can't really relate to anyone right now because he is a machine millionaires whez is he. but you hear him talk about when i was a kid, we used to ride on grain hound, stay in howard johnson's. we took the train once in a while. we road in our cars. so you are seeing him. no one says that just to say it obviously in economics. you see him try to relate to people a little more. >> is it working? >> hard to say if it's working. i think the crowd chuckles a little bit when he said i rode the greyhound but it's hard to say if that will drive votes at all. >> there was a time when the obama
you are starting to see a looser obama. >> sort of going when are they want to go. >> last week in front of it predominantly an african-american crowd and he needs them in this election there is a problem perceived problem with the turnout. so i think that that gave him the opportunity to sort of play off them a bit. >> you mentioned he is throwing in references to greyhound and howard johnsons. what's that all about? >> you saw him really ramp up his populist pitch this...
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this was a good week for romney or a good week for obama. is romney going to be able to change the subject this week by announcing his vice presidential pick? >> you know, it will certainly help for a couple of days. >> bill: do you think he'll do it this week? >> i don't know. i don't know honestly. i think no just because it seems like it is a little far out from the convention. the one upside for him to do it now would be that he's getting ready to leave the country. when he's out of the country, if he had a vice presidential running mate that he could then sort of have go around the country while he's out of the country, they get two fronted which would help them i think in terms of taking the week or winning the week as we say around washington. but you know, republicans seem to -- have tended to wait longer into the cycle. democrats do it earlier it seems like as i recall the last couple of cycles. >> bill: so if it were going to be this week, i was looking reading last night coming back from vacation, the names that are out there. gen
this was a good week for romney or a good week for obama. is romney going to be able to change the subject this week by announcing his vice presidential pick? >> you know, it will certainly help for a couple of days. >> bill: do you think he'll do it this week? >> i don't know. i don't know honestly. i think no just because it seems like it is a little far out from the convention. the one upside for him to do it now would be that he's getting ready to leave the country. when...
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so one of the things the president haspropose last week opposed it for some time came to a vote last week is okay one thing we can do in terms of long-term energy policy is to get the money to make those investments. let's take away the subsidyies that the big oil companies have been enjoying for almost 100 years. and the republicans, to be fair some democrats from oil producing states mary landrieu, voted against it because if we takes away these sud subsid subsid-edes, they will raise gas prices. so they use gas prices for an excuse for continuing these sub did sid employees. why do they make sense today or do they? >> to be clear on one front, bill, thewhen the president proposed that and when senate democrats proposed that, that rolling back of the oil subsidies, everyone involved in that game knew that that vote was not going to pass. that was a straight-up, political kabuki. >> why shouldn't it pass? why should we could not welfare for exxon? >> at stake here is the oil/gas industry enjoys about $4,000,000,000 a year in tax brakes. >> yeah. ? >> some of those tax breaks have be
so one of the things the president haspropose last week opposed it for some time came to a vote last week is okay one thing we can do in terms of long-term energy policy is to get the money to make those investments. let's take away the subsidyies that the big oil companies have been enjoying for almost 100 years. and the republicans, to be fair some democrats from oil producing states mary landrieu, voted against it because if we takes away these sud subsid subsid-edes, they will raise gas...
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president obama also out on the campaign trail this week. he met a young man from hawaii and he said uh-oh. you know the question they're going to ask you. >> number four. >> obama: were you born in hawaii? >> i was born in hawaii. >> obama: do you have a birth certificate? >> bill: you were born in hawaii? do you have a birth certificate? david akers for the san francisco 49ers an all-time historic legendary field goal. 63 yards. >> number three. >> kick by akers line drive to the upright to hit the crossbar and bounce over. it's good! oh, my goodness. >> bill: oh, my goodness. you could hear it hit the crossbar. boing. if it had bounced in front it would have been no good but it bounced over. >> three points. >> bill: in tennis if you hit the net and bounce over, it doesn't count. but here it did indeed. kris jenner, mother of the kardashians, of course. she is what her breast implant story is what nbc decided to show instead of the moment of silence on september 11th. here's what that sounded like. >> number two. >> one of the last things
president obama also out on the campaign trail this week. he met a young man from hawaii and he said uh-oh. you know the question they're going to ask you. >> number four. >> obama: were you born in hawaii? >> i was born in hawaii. >> obama: do you have a birth certificate? >> bill: you were born in hawaii? do you have a birth certificate? david akers for the san francisco 49ers an all-time historic legendary field goal. 63 yards. >> number three. >>...
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a big announcement by the obama administration this week. but mostly, it is last night in tam tampa. but first -- >> this is the "full court press." >> other headlines making news on this friday. the boardwalk in new jersey -- >> bill: where? >> seaside heights new jersey. >> bill: a lot of syllables there. >> may soon return to normalcy as mtv canceled jersey shore yesterday. >> bill: no! >> stop it! are you serious? >> the upcoming sixth season which starts in october will be the last for snooki, the situation. jersey shore is one of the most popular reality programs in history. last year peaking at nine million viewers that regularly beated the brood cast network. now that snooki is a mom the nature of the show would continue too much for it to continue on its successful track. >> bill: i'm stunned. i really am. >> maybe there is hope for society afterall. a lot of people are saying that. >> robin roberts temporarily said good-bye to "good morning america" yesterday. the abc anchor going on medical leave for her treatment of mds. abc anno
a big announcement by the obama administration this week. but mostly, it is last night in tam tampa. but first -- >> this is the "full court press." >> other headlines making news on this friday. the boardwalk in new jersey -- >> bill: where? >> seaside heights new jersey. >> bill: a lot of syllables there. >> may soon return to normalcy as mtv canceled jersey shore yesterday. >> bill: no! >> stop it! are you serious? >> the...
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when president obama goes to asia, in the coming week, a lot of asian nations who are concerned about china's rise are concerned about a sequestration particularly the automatic defense cuts that would take place. it is still a very real concern. there is on some gut level in d.c., a feeling of let's not even talk about this right now. nobody wants this to happen. >> correct me if i'm wrong but don't we have to deal with raising the debt ceiling again before too long. >> let's not talk about that either. there are so many things piling up that either have to happen by the end of the year or would kick in early next year or you know february doesn't seem like that far away, right. so there are a number of things that are in some way daisy chained together as part of these negotiations. >> we're talking to margaret talev, white house correspondent for bloomberg news. what's been the mood around the white house certainly since the election? >> domestically in terms of politics, the mood has been, you know fairly assured. you see president obama publicly saying on the one hand things like
when president obama goes to asia, in the coming week, a lot of asian nations who are concerned about china's rise are concerned about a sequestration particularly the automatic defense cuts that would take place. it is still a very real concern. there is on some gut level in d.c., a feeling of let's not even talk about this right now. nobody wants this to happen. >> correct me if i'm wrong but don't we have to deal with raising the debt ceiling again before too long. >> let's not...
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. >> so if obama haul kind of a bumpy week not because of anything he did or he said -- and this is on top of the hillary rosen week too, everywhere, i think hillae did nothing personally. she did nothing but tell the truth as far as i am concerned but we will get into that maybe a little bit later. romney didn't have such a good week either. he has a hard time it seems, connecting. shall we say? so the latest, we were just talking about did during the break, he is in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, in rick santorum's district, thang to john nichols and he is meeting with six average working families to show that he can really connect. >> regular folk. >> regular for example and the table is spread in the backyard and there is food on the table including some cookies and his first comment, here he is. >> they don't look like you made them. did you make those cookies. >> yes. >> no. no. they came from the local -- >> bakery. >> 7-eleven. you can hear the woman trying to help him out. >> these are the local bakee. >> these are cable selected republicans at that table were romney allies and he
. >> so if obama haul kind of a bumpy week not because of anything he did or he said -- and this is on top of the hillary rosen week too, everywhere, i think hillae did nothing personally. she did nothing but tell the truth as far as i am concerned but we will get into that maybe a little bit later. romney didn't have such a good week either. he has a hard time it seems, connecting. shall we say? so the latest, we were just talking about did during the break, he is in pittsburgh,...
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this week, our guest, john gehring for fath in public life. be sure people know where to find you faith in public life.org. >> that's right. pretty straightforward. >> john, as i pointed out 82% of catholics say that birth control is immoral. not all agree with the bishops on this. do you see any blow back on the part of catholic faithful just saying, you know, come on. get off of this crap, you know. do -- jump all over these priests who still haven't been brought to justice and get off of this birth control issue. >> i do. i mean, i think particularly with the vatican vacdown on the nuns, i am seeing kind of a ground groundswell of frustration, anger, puzzlement around this. i think you will see more progressive contact licks, more mod rats speaking up, faith in public life, we try to broaden the values narrative. for a long time, that's been dominated by the religious right. we need a deep he and a better conversation about the role in faith and politics. i think that movement is growing. you will see more people speaking out on issues that
this week, our guest, john gehring for fath in public life. be sure people know where to find you faith in public life.org. >> that's right. pretty straightforward. >> john, as i pointed out 82% of catholics say that birth control is immoral. not all agree with the bishops on this. do you see any blow back on the part of catholic faithful just saying, you know, come on. get off of this crap, you know. do -- jump all over these priests who still haven't been brought to justice and...
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president obama making history last week, agree or disagree, certainly making history by becoming the first president to support same-sex marriage. you dealt with this as governor and now new hampshire has taken the stand so how is it working out in new hampshire? i guess all kinds of people are getting divorces and everything, marriages are falling apart because same-sex marriage is now -- >> it has imploded. >> i wasn't actually the governor when same-sex marriage passed in the legislature. that was governor winch. i applaud the legislature for doing that. >> bill: it wasn't a ballot measure. >> no, we don't have ballot measures. actually, there was an effort this year to repeal the same-sex marriage law and we have now an overwhelmingly republican legislature which we didn't when we passed it. and they actually refused to repeal the law which i felt was a very good sign. and shows that people really believe this is about equal rights and opportunity for all americans. >> bill: which is interesting coming from new hampshire because new hampshire has the reputation of being maybe bec
president obama making history last week, agree or disagree, certainly making history by becoming the first president to support same-sex marriage. you dealt with this as governor and now new hampshire has taken the stand so how is it working out in new hampshire? i guess all kinds of people are getting divorces and everything, marriages are falling apart because same-sex marriage is now -- >> it has imploded. >> i wasn't actually the governor when same-sex marriage passed in the...
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obama proposed. >> it is not something obama proposed. he signed it into law. you tell me whether it is something he preferred or didn't prefer. i don't think anybody wants to do it this way. it is a dumb way to govern. it has been a dumb way to govern since the '80s. you claim there are immediate cuts that have to go into effect >> bill: obama signed the legislation because congress insisted that this is the only way we're going to raise the debt ceiling is if you give us the opportunity to make this big plan cut through our joint budget committee and prove we mean business, we'll put this hammer over our heads. guess what. >> here comes the hammer. it is pretty much meaningless. i thought it was interesting when obama said last night it's not going to happen. meaning he's sure that congress is not going to let it happen. >> bill: let's jump on here. defense spending. syria. obama said romney said he would provide heavy arms to syrian rebels. >> that is correct. what romney has said is we need to have the syrian rebels with arms that can
obama proposed. >> it is not something obama proposed. he signed it into law. you tell me whether it is something he preferred or didn't prefer. i don't think anybody wants to do it this way. it is a dumb way to govern. it has been a dumb way to govern since the '80s. you claim there are immediate cuts that have to go into effect >> bill: obama signed the legislation because congress insisted that this is the only way we're going to raise the debt ceiling is if you give us the...
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if they do not release the opinion on the obama health care policy today, they will do it next week, possibly monday or thursday, the last day the supreme court issues opinions. related to all of this, folks have said what's the harm? what is the harm if obamacare as republicans like to calm it or if the affordable care act but its proper name is repealed, what's the harm? so what that a couple of million people may lose health insurance. what's the harm? there's a study done by families usa analyzing how many people die, how many people die each year because they do not have health insurance. >> the states that had the largest number of people who died due to a lack of health insurance were in the following order, california, texas florida, new york, and georgia. >> and overall so what's the grand number, the grand number overall who die each year? 26,000. 26,000 people die each year because they don't have health insurance. >> on a monthly basis we're talking about on average 2,175 people die due to alaska health insurance. >> when people say oh, health insurance doesn't really mat
if they do not release the opinion on the obama health care policy today, they will do it next week, possibly monday or thursday, the last day the supreme court issues opinions. related to all of this, folks have said what's the harm? what is the harm if obamacare as republicans like to calm it or if the affordable care act but its proper name is repealed, what's the harm? so what that a couple of million people may lose health insurance. what's the harm? there's a study done by families usa...
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the obama campaign staff says it will run the account. if anything is signed by joe, himself, it will say so with a dash joe on it. half are about the buffett rule and tax fairness as bill mentioned. the president is going to be talking about that today. it's a focus. campaign all week. join us in chat. current.com/billpress. we will be back. ♪ as i understand it in radio they can't see you, so this is big for me. >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's new morning news block. >>it's completely inappropriate for television. >>sharp tongue, quick wit and about all, politically direct. >>politically direct to me means no bs, the real thing, cutting through the clutter. my show is the most important show in the world. ♪ >> broadcasting across the nation, on your radio and on current t.v., this is the bill press show. ♪ >> it's a full-court press, tuesday, april 10th. welcome, welcome. good to see you today. thank you for joining us. i am bill press. we are coming to you live coast to coast from our little ra
the obama campaign staff says it will run the account. if anything is signed by joe, himself, it will say so with a dash joe on it. half are about the buffett rule and tax fairness as bill mentioned. the president is going to be talking about that today. it's a focus. campaign all week. join us in chat. current.com/billpress. we will be back. ♪ as i understand it in radio they can't see you, so this is big for me. >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's new...
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. >> they were saying president obama had a rough weeks ago with john byson having to resign and i forget whatever else went wrong at that time. he had a good week this week. >> a good week. >> in arizona and you look at healthcare reform yesterday. >> yeah. absolutely. i will say though action and this is not with regard to president obama, but i was -- i'm still kind of disappointed about the montan a decision. >> yeah. >> 100 years ago, montana's people, it wasn't even a legislative decision. it was a referendum. they say we don't want corporate money in our e elections because they have a corrupting influence and the supreme court says too bad. you are going to get it anyway. it's interesting. it doesn't seem to fit with citizens united because there is a factual basis. >> the reason the court didn't want to take up montana was because they would have been forced, i believe, to examine corruption in politicianss and admit the basis of justice kennedy's majority opinion saying money does not ever corrupt a politician was wrong dead wrong. >> startlingly naive and absurd. >> yeah. >> al
. >> they were saying president obama had a rough weeks ago with john byson having to resign and i forget whatever else went wrong at that time. he had a good week this week. >> a good week. >> in arizona and you look at healthcare reform yesterday. >> yeah. absolutely. i will say though action and this is not with regard to president obama, but i was -- i'm still kind of disappointed about the montan a decision. >> yeah. >> 100 years ago, montana's people,...
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president obama, you may remember last monday a week ago and and we spoke to jay carney about this. i was the only one-to ask whether the white house had any comment and the president had talked about and whether or not the department to get involved. no, we have no comment on a local law enforcement matter. the rest of the week, nobody nobody asked a word. i couldn't believe it. and when the president made his nominee to head the new world bank and mike bucera from nbc popped out a question. and usually reporters shout out questions when the president is in the rose garden. he usually walks back. he was ready for this question about it. rayvon martin. the president powered some of the most powerful words we have ever heard from any president. he was he was, withas so many millions of americans, as a parent. >> i think about this boy. i think about my own kids. and i think every parent in america should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this. >> and then the president utter uttered words i think he will always be remembered for
president obama, you may remember last monday a week ago and and we spoke to jay carney about this. i was the only one-to ask whether the white house had any comment and the president had talked about and whether or not the department to get involved. no, we have no comment on a local law enforcement matter. the rest of the week, nobody nobody asked a word. i couldn't believe it. and when the president made his nominee to head the new world bank and mike bucera from nbc popped out a question....
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a new nbc poll out this morning has president obama and mitt romney tied in three key states. iowa, colorado and nevada. the president took all three in 2008 but they went republican in 2004. last week's nbc maris poll took a look at ohio, florida and virginia and showed the president had a narrow lead in all three of those. optimism about the economy is helping the president out in the swing states. a majority of voters believe the president inherit the current economic conditions however voters in colorado and iowa mark up president romney when it comes to who would do better in doinger -- the obama campaign has a new four-minute video out featuring former state lawmakers talking about mitt romney's governorship. the video talks about taxes and fees, debt and employment. >> massachusetts growth stunk. new jobs were not being created. >> we knew we were losing manufacturing jobs. he never found any solutions to try to figure out how do we keep them? >> by the time that romney left office, we were 47th in the nation in terms of job growth. >> the video also juxtaposes mitt rom
a new nbc poll out this morning has president obama and mitt romney tied in three key states. iowa, colorado and nevada. the president took all three in 2008 but they went republican in 2004. last week's nbc maris poll took a look at ohio, florida and virginia and showed the president had a narrow lead in all three of those. optimism about the economy is helping the president out in the swing states. a majority of voters believe the president inherit the current economic conditions however...
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ago. >> it would have been obama's fault, the union's fault. >> john: which leads us to papa john's pizza. we're seeing chain restaurants that turn huge profits where employees, you know, make a living. don't make a great living. where the ceos live in luxury. now saying that they're going to have to start laying people off or raising their prices rather than add an extra 14 cents per pizza to pay for healthcare. is this something we can expect to see across the nation for the next year? >> it is really an amazing story. you're right. that's exactly the choice. you can either pay 14 cents more for a large pizza or 30 million americans have access to healthcare coverage. you can start bringing down the cost of insurance. >> john: the papa john's ceo can only have his moat cleaned every other week. he owns a moat around his castle at his mansion. we're talking about a moat who doesn't want to pay 11 currents more for a -- cents more for a pizza to cover the health insurance of the people who gave him that moat. >> let's be clear. there's something on the other side and that's healthca
ago. >> it would have been obama's fault, the union's fault. >> john: which leads us to papa john's pizza. we're seeing chain restaurants that turn huge profits where employees, you know, make a living. don't make a great living. where the ceos live in luxury. now saying that they're going to have to start laying people off or raising their prices rather than add an extra 14 cents per pizza to pay for healthcare. is this something we can expect to see across the nation for the next...
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they debated last week tim kaine made a small mistake. i don't know that it is fatal, but he said he would consider a tax increase for all americans. he thought that all americans should pay some sort of minimum tax. his response was no he was simply talking about his willingness to consider all proposals on the table. but it seemed to plays a draw, which most do quite frankly. but if obama maintains this edge, it is going to reclose. >> bill: toss up? >> yes. >> bill: i ran in to joe donnelly the other day. democratic senate in indiana. >> i'm a little surprised to see him here, he has a campaign to run. >> bill: yes. >> this is the newest entry to our toss-up column. this is the seat that keith louinger holds. the after the primary, murdoch so famously said on television that his definition of bipartisanship was having democrats agree with him, and that was also his definition of compromise. the [ inaudible ] campaign has so effective i will -- >> bill: very aggressive campaign. >> very aggressive campaign. good ads, really onpoint, on
they debated last week tim kaine made a small mistake. i don't know that it is fatal, but he said he would consider a tax increase for all americans. he thought that all americans should pay some sort of minimum tax. his response was no he was simply talking about his willingness to consider all proposals on the table. but it seemed to plays a draw, which most do quite frankly. but if obama maintains this edge, it is going to reclose. >> bill: toss up? >> yes. >> bill: i ran...
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president obama, i was there a couple of weeks ago at the white house where he said here's what i want congress to do. let's give every american 98% of americans who make less -- who make $250,000 or less a year, let's give them a tax cut last year. those lucky enough to make more than that, will pay what they used to pay under the bill clinton -- sounds fair to me. is it going to happen? >> well, what the president did was brilliant. he said let's right now right now give americans who make less than $250,000 a tax cut. that would be an immediate boom to our economy. >> bill: it would. pump that money out there right? >> this calls to question on the republicans because essentially if you're game for that, you're holding up a tax cut for 98% of the american people, holding them hostage for the 2% who earn above that amount of money. by the way it is brilliant. it is absolutely needed because the economy is suffering from what's happening all around the world today. it is the boost americans want and need and by the way, it also shows this man as president knows how to run a campaign b
president obama, i was there a couple of weeks ago at the white house where he said here's what i want congress to do. let's give every american 98% of americans who make less -- who make $250,000 or less a year, let's give them a tax cut last year. those lucky enough to make more than that, will pay what they used to pay under the bill clinton -- sounds fair to me. is it going to happen? >> well, what the president did was brilliant. he said let's right now right now give americans who...
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president obama endorsed her last week. >> bill: yes. do you remember the positions you held last year and the positions you hold today? >> i don't know. >> bill: see. you may have a case of romneysia. >> i better take some milk of romneysia. [ laughter ] >> bill: here is the president. >> obama: he is forgetting what his own positions are, and he is betting that you will too. i mean he -- he is changing up so much, and backtracking and side stepping. we have got -- we have got to name this condition that he is going through. [ laughter ] >> obama: i think -- i think it's called romneysia. [ cheers and applause ] >> bill: the crowd just exploded because it was so funny. so he goes through like if you are for coal today but you forgot you are against coal -- and he gave five of six system -- symptoms. and then there. >> obama: if you come down with a case of romneysia, and you can't seem to remember the policies on your website, or the promises you have made over the six years you have been running for president, here is the good news, ob
president obama endorsed her last week. >> bill: yes. do you remember the positions you held last year and the positions you hold today? >> i don't know. >> bill: see. you may have a case of romneysia. >> i better take some milk of romneysia. [ laughter ] >> bill: here is the president. >> obama: he is forgetting what his own positions are, and he is betting that you will too. i mean he -- he is changing up so much, and backtracking and side stepping. we have...
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i said obama's got to mention the 47%. of course i said that two weeks before and he didn't. last night he came through. >> but i also believe that when he said behind closed doors that 47% of the country considered themselves victims who refuse personal responsibility? think about who he was talking about! folks on social security who have worked all their lives veterans who sacrifice for this country, soldiers, who are overseas, fighting for us right now, people who are working hard every day, paying payroll tax gas taxes but don't make enough income, and i want to fight for them. >> bill: and mitt romney never responded that never got a chance to respond that was the last word, a very strong close by the president so i thought obama did extremely well last night. he was really on his game last night, and i thought romney was off his game. he did contradict himself several times mentioning the coal he accused the president of not calling the attack in libya a terrorist attack, which the president candy crowly even had to point out to mitt romney that he was wrong. he said t
i said obama's got to mention the 47%. of course i said that two weeks before and he didn't. last night he came through. >> but i also believe that when he said behind closed doors that 47% of the country considered themselves victims who refuse personal responsibility? think about who he was talking about! folks on social security who have worked all their lives veterans who sacrifice for this country, soldiers, who are overseas, fighting for us right now, people who are working hard...
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we were talking about this week at the associated press luncheon in washington, both president obama and mitt romney spoke and both of them centered their remarks on the house republican budget authored by paul ryan. i asked her about those. for the president, is this a good target? is it great for him to make this kind of a scepterpiece of his campaign? >> absolutely because mitt romney has been so slippery on the details of what he wants to do with the country the fact that he has endorsed paul ryan and paul ryan has been so specific about what he wants to cut for seniors, cut for medicaid and poor people all of the things he wants to cut and give tax benefits to the wealthy. the place where the republicans break down ideologically to me on this is if what you are saying is we have to do this for the country, everybody has to take a hit we have to figure out the country. everybody is going to have to pay. if everybody is going to have to pay, they should. their argument is wrong because they think poor people should and the elderly should give up things and wealthy people should ge
we were talking about this week at the associated press luncheon in washington, both president obama and mitt romney spoke and both of them centered their remarks on the house republican budget authored by paul ryan. i asked her about those. for the president, is this a good target? is it great for him to make this kind of a scepterpiece of his campaign? >> absolutely because mitt romney has been so slippery on the details of what he wants to do with the country the fact that he has...
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here's how barack obama lost and we just have two more weeks. nothing is going to change. that lasted for about a day. until yesterday some good reporters, glenn thrush from politico among them started looking again at the numbers and saying hey wait a minute. first of all this -- the gallup poll which people are still quoting. we talked about it last week. showing the national tracking poll 47%-47%. oh my god they're tied. it is time for democrats to panic. we pointed out the national polls do not mean beans. we do not elect a president by national polls so the national surveys really of 1,000 voters don't tell you anything. you've gotta look at the state by state by state. so after one day of swallowing or drinking the romney kool-aid, reporters now are starting to say you know what? no. the numbers don't add up. it is like mitt romney's tax plan. the numbers don't add up with his tax plan either. they don't add up with his exuding confidence that this election is in the bag for him. it is not. now, it is not in the bag for obama either. but it looks a lot better for bar
here's how barack obama lost and we just have two more weeks. nothing is going to change. that lasted for about a day. until yesterday some good reporters, glenn thrush from politico among them started looking again at the numbers and saying hey wait a minute. first of all this -- the gallup poll which people are still quoting. we talked about it last week. showing the national tracking poll 47%-47%. oh my god they're tied. it is time for democrats to panic. we pointed out the national polls do...
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one week from the re-election of president barack obama. you know, every tuesday well, the big -- not such a big secret anymore about the "full court press." and i might add most of your other progressive talk shows everybody wonders where do we get all of our information? how do we fill up? how do we know what we're talking about. how do we fill up three hours every day? we go to think progress. you should do, too. thinkprogress.org. the research arm or the news breaking arm whatever of the center for american progress. igor volsky is the deputy editor. >> thank you for having me on the week versary. >> bill: you have so many good stories on your web site this morning. the top one, the headline is the emerging pro-choice majority. which is part of the story that i saw reported also on nbc yesterday that voters not only said we want barack obama over mitt romney but we want -- we agree with barack obama on the issues. a whole range of issues of which pro-choice is definitely one. tell us about the pro-choice majority. >> we've seen the repu
one week from the re-election of president barack obama. you know, every tuesday well, the big -- not such a big secret anymore about the "full court press." and i might add most of your other progressive talk shows everybody wonders where do we get all of our information? how do we fill up? how do we know what we're talking about. how do we fill up three hours every day? we go to think progress. you should do, too. thinkprogress.org. the research arm or the news breaking arm whatever...
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>> obama: i had a put out a presidential directive on that. i put a stop to that. i have to say he looks pretty good. >> it's such a funny image of joe coming in dripping wet to the oval office. >> bill: and the vice president himself was on the campaign trail yesterday in a key swing state, which is looking pretty good for president obama in nevada, and had fun with president obama's sketchy deal cement. >> as the president said the day after the debate, romney's plans were awful sketchy. sketchy. well i folks, i don't think they were just sketchy. i think they were etch-a-sketchy. >> bill: that was good. etch-a-sketchy yeah, indeed. coming up, frank rich will be joining us, bob cusack from the hill. eleanor smeal, and we'll start off this hour with another leader of nuns on the bus from ohio. but first... >> announcer: this is the full court press. >> other headlines making news, uma thurman gave birth to a daughter in july but kept the name a secret. she revealed the thee-month-old name. here we go. >> oh, come on! oh, my god. >> i had trou
>> obama: i had a put out a presidential directive on that. i put a stop to that. i have to say he looks pretty good. >> it's such a funny image of joe coming in dripping wet to the oval office. >> bill: and the vice president himself was on the campaign trail yesterday in a key swing state, which is looking pretty good for president obama in nevada, and had fun with president obama's sketchy deal cement. >> as the president said the day after the debate, romney's plans...
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the rnc, at the end of the week will put out a notice saying next week, we plan to advertise in these cities as obama makes this trip through the country. it's basically a smoke signal or whatever to american crossroads or whomever, hey if you want to join us in this effort. it's easy and the camera pavans do this as well to lay out your game plan in public which is way to signal to your colleagues on the other side of the wall to complement that in some fashion. >> and sheldon alingdzdelson and newt goes to vegas and santorum wins a primary in missouri and foster frees who is a funder of his super p.a.c. is standing alongside of him on stage. >> a remarkable coincidence. >> that's against the law. right? isn't it? for them to coordinate? so why doesn't the sec step in? >> you raise a good point. there is an awful lot that the s.e.c. should be doing that they are not doing because they are deadlocked. peter welch and i and some of our colleagues sent a letter to the president urging him to make appointments to the s e.c. it's supposed to be the watchdog. that watchdog has no teeth. an
the rnc, at the end of the week will put out a notice saying next week, we plan to advertise in these cities as obama makes this trip through the country. it's basically a smoke signal or whatever to american crossroads or whomever, hey if you want to join us in this effort. it's easy and the camera pavans do this as well to lay out your game plan in public which is way to signal to your colleagues on the other side of the wall to complement that in some fashion. >> and sheldon...
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national conference in new orleans this week from the obama campaign. >> he could? >> he was talking about this group, how important it's going to be to get that turn out, out and how this sort of going back to voters making sure they show up on election day in nine key states is what's going to determine the election. >> the dominant issue this week is healthcare starting perhaps, with today's decision from the supreme court. it may be delayed until thursday. the dominant issue last week was eric holder and fast and furious and the move of what it looks like is going to happen with the house of representatives to find him in contempt of congress. how is this playing politically? >> first of all, it's unprecedented for them to go after the attorney general. it hadn't happened before. they have gotten close with other generals but never actually done it. eric holder has gone in to see chairman isa. they have given, i can't, something like 7600 pieces of property over the committee. 9 and 11 it committee hearings 1 on 1 meetings of the the idea that he is not trying t
national conference in new orleans this week from the obama campaign. >> he could? >> he was talking about this group, how important it's going to be to get that turn out, out and how this sort of going back to voters making sure they show up on election day in nine key states is what's going to determine the election. >> the dominant issue this week is healthcare starting perhaps, with today's decision from the supreme court. it may be delayed until thursday. the dominant...
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it's so hot even barack obama has his own version of it ♪ hey hi, there. ♪ call me. maybe. ♪ here is my number. ♪ so call me. ♪ maybe. >> very clever video put together by some 19-year-old kid. it's online and gone viral and crazy. ms. ohio is up for miss u.s.a. she has asked who was your role model in films? oops. >> number 4. >> do you think women are depicted in movies and on television in an accurate and positive way? and please give us an example. >> i think it depends upon the movie. i think there are some movies that depict women in a very positive role and some movies put them in a little bit more of a negative role but by the end of the movie, they show that woman power i know we all have such as movies pretty woman. we had a wonderful, beautiful julia roberts, and she was having a rough time. but you know what? she came out on top and she didn't let anybody stay in her path. thank you. >> julia roberts who played a prostitute and, therefore, is a wonderful role model for young women in america. i love the way she says, and we had a wonderful woman jul
it's so hot even barack obama has his own version of it ♪ hey hi, there. ♪ call me. maybe. ♪ here is my number. ♪ so call me. ♪ maybe. >> very clever video put together by some 19-year-old kid. it's online and gone viral and crazy. ms. ohio is up for miss u.s.a. she has asked who was your role model in films? oops. >> number 4. >> do you think women are depicted in movies and on television in an accurate and positive way? and please give us an example. >> i...
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bill clinton is keeping his title as president obama's surrogate this week. he is now hitting the campaign trail. blinton spoke to the university on tuesday. >> every student who borrows money under the federal student loan law however much you borrow will be able to pay that loan back for up to 20 years at a small fixed percentage of your income. >> according to a new survey president obama does have the lead in florida right now, at 48 to 44%. president clinton is also taking a stance on libya and egypt yesterday they attacked in both countries killing an officer of the state department all because of a u.s. film they say was offensive to islam. clinton said there is never any excuse for this kind of violence. president obama and mitt romney are also trading jabs over the attacks. romney is calling the obama administration disgraceful. and team obama said they are disappointed that romney would turn this into a political event when the nation is still dealing with the death of one of itself officers. all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephani
bill clinton is keeping his title as president obama's surrogate this week. he is now hitting the campaign trail. blinton spoke to the university on tuesday. >> every student who borrows money under the federal student loan law however much you borrow will be able to pay that loan back for up to 20 years at a small fixed percentage of your income. >> according to a new survey president obama does have the lead in florida right now, at 48 to 44%. president clinton is also taking a...
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but i do believe they are moving. >> president obama a couple of weeks ago said that he has now evolved to the point, congresswoman, where he supports same-sex marriage. he has gotten some blowback in the african-american churches. is it going to be a big issue in 2012? going to hurt him is it. >> i think once because i was there many, many, many years ago. and let me tell you, let me tell you, once i sat down with my ministers and ministers throughout the country and explained that this was as a secular member of congress who has responsibilities as it relates to discrimination and constitutional responsibilities that that's the issue that i have to be concerned about is non-discrimination against anyone. as religious individuals, as churches, as ministers, you know, there is no way i would want to insist that they uphold marriage equality positions they have in their chufrlingz. they don't have to do that. there is a clear separation of church and state. and so i believe this is mostly about educating the african-american community because it has nothing to do with their religious obl
but i do believe they are moving. >> president obama a couple of weeks ago said that he has now evolved to the point, congresswoman, where he supports same-sex marriage. he has gotten some blowback in the african-american churches. is it going to be a big issue in 2012? going to hurt him is it. >> i think once because i was there many, many, many years ago. and let me tell you, let me tell you, once i sat down with my ministers and ministers throughout the country and explained that...
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romney and obama both in ohio on the same day and both in virginia this week on the same day. do you think they're coordinating their schedules? maybe they ought to ride on the same bus. make things a lot easier, wouldn't it? we've got lots and lots to talk about here on the "full court press" today and lots you'll want to call about at 1-866-55-press. that is our toll free number. peter ogborn and dan henning as always. team press here. >> happy friday. >> with cyprian bowlding on the cameras. >> nice to see you. >> bill: everything good. "saturday night live" had a lot of fun last night. they did a thursday special. they do this sometimes during presidential elections. and they've got this new guy who plays president obama. >> i like him. >> bill: jay pharaoh. he was touting his jobs record. he said who says i didn't create jobs. i created a lot of jobs. he was touting his jobs record. one woman in the audience told him that she's got a very important job. >> you what about you? how about you ma'am i saw your hand go up. what do you do? >> i work at the apple store. >> there
romney and obama both in ohio on the same day and both in virginia this week on the same day. do you think they're coordinating their schedules? maybe they ought to ride on the same bus. make things a lot easier, wouldn't it? we've got lots and lots to talk about here on the "full court press" today and lots you'll want to call about at 1-866-55-press. that is our toll free number. peter ogborn and dan henning as always. team press here. >> happy friday. >> with cyprian...
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colorado has very week gun-control laws compared to new jersey. the press just did a story about the difference. and our gun-control laws are so strict. but yet, colorado's laws are so weak, and if the states get together and form their own gun-control programs then it will help the federal government make several laws for gun control. >> the states have their job to too, that's right. but the assault weapon's ban is a federal ban and that's where it has to be. the ban was in place for ten years, that had bipartisan support, and -- yet we let it lapse, run out, in 2004 and for the last eight years even though both john mccain and barack obama -- well mccain i'm not sure, but barack obama projected he would restore it and nothing has hand in the last four years. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ >> this court has proven to be the knowing, delighted accomplice in the billionaires' purchase of our nation. >> and you think it doesn't affect you? think again. >> announcer: radio meets television, the "bill press show" now on current tv.
colorado has very week gun-control laws compared to new jersey. the press just did a story about the difference. and our gun-control laws are so strict. but yet, colorado's laws are so weak, and if the states get together and form their own gun-control programs then it will help the federal government make several laws for gun control. >> the states have their job to too, that's right. but the assault weapon's ban is a federal ban and that's where it has to be. the ban was in place for...
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president obama and mitt romney are both capitalizing on the debate spin this week. particularly in going after women voters. and can you guess what the number one search term on google was yesterday? binders full of women. not only is that one not playing well for romney, it is not even true. those binders came from a group called the massachusetts government appointments project which put the list together before romney was even elected. so for him to say he requested groups of qualified women is a flat-out lie. romney did hire several new women but by the end of his term, the number of women in top positions was actually lower than it was when he took office. >>> romney's going after the president nonetheless saying there are more women in poverty now than when obama took office but the president is hammering home on romney's views on fair pay. here he was yesterday in eye what. >> when young women graduate, they should get equal pay for equal work. when governor romney was asked about it, his campaign said we'll get back to you. >> in addition to women's issues a
president obama and mitt romney are both capitalizing on the debate spin this week. particularly in going after women voters. and can you guess what the number one search term on google was yesterday? binders full of women. not only is that one not playing well for romney, it is not even true. those binders came from a group called the massachusetts government appointments project which put the list together before romney was even elected. so for him to say he requested groups of qualified...
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"the obama hate machine" went out over the weekend. if you want a signed copy go to our website at billpress.com, and we'll get it out to you right away shipping the book, the whole deal for $16.99. we're talking about mitt romney deciding that he wanted to feature, fortunately it's not going to happen -- but the idea that he wanted to feature donald trump as the far of the first day of the republican national convention. what does that tell you. our rovering ambassador down in jackson, tennessee. good morning, arnold. >> caller: these republicans are just crazy man. and i'm telling you what, man, watching sunday morning talk shows is just ridiculous. they might as well have a republican talkerfest. >> bill: that's why i stopped watching them. they have republicans on and they just let them talk and they never challenge them. >> caller: they had a jan brewer on this weekend. [ laughter ] >> caller: donald trump he has [ inaudible ] any kind of republican chairman in 2010 and had a victory. >> bill: yeah, we know mike steele said a coup
"the obama hate machine" went out over the weekend. if you want a signed copy go to our website at billpress.com, and we'll get it out to you right away shipping the book, the whole deal for $16.99. we're talking about mitt romney deciding that he wanted to feature, fortunately it's not going to happen -- but the idea that he wanted to feature donald trump as the far of the first day of the republican national convention. what does that tell you. our rovering ambassador down in...
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if you are not going to vote for me or a conservative just keep obama because obama will be no different. he had to walk that back now. mitt romney was supposed to be at usaa todayhis week. he is not because the polls have tightened in wisconsin. he is rearrangeing his schedule. that indicates there is some fear that they need to batten down the hatches in wisconsin because they don't want to lose that primary, the next big one up. the race is still fluid but for rick santorum one of the things that puts you on the ticket is delegates, winning races. and he's done that. much more so than mitt romney would like him to have done so that makes you relevant, potentially part of the conversation. but the next most important thing is you have to say something that's not irretrieve irretrievable. saying, well, just elect obama because this guy is just as bad is irretrieveable and saying, you are the worst position ible republican. he walked that back to say just in health care but in the speech that he was questioned about which he called b.s. on, on camera, he didn't say health care. he said t
if you are not going to vote for me or a conservative just keep obama because obama will be no different. he had to walk that back now. mitt romney was supposed to be at usaa todayhis week. he is not because the polls have tightened in wisconsin. he is rearrangeing his schedule. that indicates there is some fear that they need to batten down the hatches in wisconsin because they don't want to lose that primary, the next big one up. the race is still fluid but for rick santorum one of the things...
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it was a week ago today, one week ago today, when president obama had that moment in the rose garden when he was interrupted by a reporter for tucker carlson's "daily caller" who interrupted him. lost in that was the actual policy the president announced, which was he is changing the law enforcement mechanism so that federal agents, police will not be going after the children of people who came here as illegal immigrants. since then mitt romney has been asked: do you agree with it? most hispanics agree with it. most americans do. mitt romney continues to dodge and weave. he got a little closer to saying his view yesterday. >> some have asked if i will let stand the president's executive order. the answer is that i will put in place my own long-term solution that will replace and supersede the president's temporary measure. >> what's he going to do? um, um um. he didn't say. >> er er. >> mitt romney again, nice nowery, i am going to do something but he doesn't provide any details whatsoever. no details about immigration, no details about what he is going to do about afghanistan, about
it was a week ago today, one week ago today, when president obama had that moment in the rose garden when he was interrupted by a reporter for tucker carlson's "daily caller" who interrupted him. lost in that was the actual policy the president announced, which was he is changing the law enforcement mechanism so that federal agents, police will not be going after the children of people who came here as illegal immigrants. since then mitt romney has been asked: do you agree with it?...
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two weeks from today will be wednesday morning, we'll be celebrating the reelection of barack obama. you heard it here first. hey, good morning, everybody. great to see you. this is the "full court press" on your local progressive talk radio station and on current tv. coming to you across the great nation of ours. good to be with you, and great to have you with us. thanks for joining us. we look forward to hearing from you any way you want to. you can give us a call at 866-55-press. an army of operators standing by to take your calls. you are join us on twitter, on facebook, and in the chat room by going to current.com and just clicking on the chat room and joining other viewers and listeners, other full court pressers across the land. this hour we have the honor of joining a -- good friend of ours, congress woman eleanor holmes norton. good to see you. >> good morning, bill. >> i walked around the corner to get here. they are located in the wonderful neighborhood of capitol hill. there are people who live here you know. >> you live here and work here. >> bill: last night i was menti
two weeks from today will be wednesday morning, we'll be celebrating the reelection of barack obama. you heard it here first. hey, good morning, everybody. great to see you. this is the "full court press" on your local progressive talk radio station and on current tv. coming to you across the great nation of ours. good to be with you, and great to have you with us. thanks for joining us. we look forward to hearing from you any way you want to. you can give us a call at 866-55-press....